geitungur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈceiːtuŋkʏr/

  Rhymes: -eiːtuŋkʏr

Noun

geitungur m (genitive singular geitungs, nominative plural geitungar)

1. wasp (Vespidae)

   Synonym: vespa

   • 1906, Zacharias Topelius, “Áróra Königsmark”, in Sögur herlæknisins‎^[1], volume 3:

     Eða get um við unað því í ró, að hann Óginskí er sífellt á sveimi umhverfis herbúðir vorar, eins og geitungur.

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Declension

Declension of geitungur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geitungur	geitungurinn	geitungar	geitungarnir
accusative	geitung	geitunginn	geitunga	geitungana
dative	geitungi	geitungnum	geitungum	geitungunum
genitive	geitungs	geitungsins	geitunga	geitunganna

Further reading

• “geitungur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)